Author Archives: foolishsuperintendent

A big molecule makes a big puddle. [9/14/13…a day late]

Salt is beneficial for preserving food, but salty water gives a Superintendent much indigestion. [9/13/13]

Be quick to acknowledge your faults and mistakes, but even quicker to recognize and vocalize the strengths and accomplishments of others. [9/12/13]

Grief is not a nice and tidy package. [9/11/13]

Treat all salesmen with deep respect, one day they may help you find a job. [9/10/13]

When a Superintendent spends more time taking care of the desires of other people’s children than he does the needs of his own, the wild beasts of the earth weep and wail with overwhelming sorrow. [9/9/13]

A Superintendent who plans to take-off holidays is like an NFL coach who hopes to observe the Sabbath. [9/8/13]

Many important things happen during the morning staff meeting, the least significant pertain to job assignments. [9/7/13]

Golf Course Superintendents are highly skilled at practicing futility. [9/6/13]

Superintendents build playgrounds for young children to create dreams and old men to nurture hope; I say it again, Superintendents grow fields for young children to shape dreams and old men to die with friends. [9/5/13]